London Breast Meeting 2025

Re-invention or Real Innovation for Aesthetic, Reconstructive and Oncological Breast Surgery

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Registration & Refreshments

Please note refreshments will take place downstairs in the Platt Room.

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Welcome note by LBM Organising Committee
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Minimally Invasive Breast Augmentation

Chairs: Jaume Masia, Benjamin Sarfati

-Transaxillary breast augmentation - Jaejin Ock

-Lipofilling for breast augmentation - Aris Sterodimas

-Indications and patient selection for low volume breast augmentation - Charles Randquist

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Challenges in Breast Augmentation

Chairs: Mark Ho-Asjoe, Paul Harris

-Breast tissue reduction during augmentation: Paradoxical or logical? - Dmitry Melnikov

-Subglandular augmentation in breast asymmetry - Jaejin Ock

-Breast augmentation in extreme micromastia: tips and tricks for superior outcomes - Radu Ionescu

-The use of ultrasonography for breast implant problems - Caroline Glicksman

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Lunch
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Implant Exchange, Explantations and Capsule Management

Chairs: Patrick Malluci, Chris Andree

-Capsulectomies- Debunking the Myth - Caroline Glicksman

-Appreciating the implant capsule: Friend or foe? - Maurice Nahabedian

-Strategies for explantation and mastopexy - Giovanni Bistoni

-Pocket conversion strategies- subglandular to subpectoral - Radu Ionescu

-Pocket conversion strategies- subpectoral to subglandular -Barbara Cagli

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Sponsored Symposium by GC Aesthetics

Michele Riccio

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Breast Reshaping

Chairs: Giovanni Bistoni, Dmitry Melnikov

-Correction of tuberous breast deformities- updates on techniques and outcome - Radu Ionescu 

-Augmentation vs mastopexy in mild breast ptosis - Mark Ho-Asjoe 

-Reduction mammoplasties-ideal dimensions and planning of the vertical scar - Patrick Malluci

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Coffee Break
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Tips and Tricks in Aesthetic Breast Surgery

Chairs: Alberto Rancati, Barbara Cagli

-The inframammary crease- placement and correction of malposition - Caroline Glicksman

-Lower pole reinforcement with mesh in mastopexy and augmentation-mastopexy - Giovanni Bistoni

-IMF correction by Mesh - Paul Harris

-Refinement of Surgical Techniques for Gynaecomastia - Mehdi Ariana

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Sponsored Symposium by Motiva

-Charles Randquist

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Panel Discussion: Challenging Cases of Implant Revision with a Limited Implant Choice

Chairs: Charles Randquist, Aris Sterodimas

Speakers: Giovanni Bistoni - Radu Ionescu - Barbara Cagli - Caroline Glicksman -Dmitry Melnikov -Patrick Malluci

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Networking Reception
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Fun Run
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Registration & Refreshments
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Implant Reconstruction

Chairs:- Mark Ho-Asjoe, Maurice Nahabedian

-Is there any justification in dual plane reconstruction in the current climate? - Alberto Rancati

-The use of round implants for prepectoral breast reconstruction - Oscar Jacobo

-Biosynthetic versus biologic mesh versus no mesh: Is a consensus statement possible for pocket control? - Ash Kothari

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Demystifying ALCL

Chairs: - Jaume Masia, Caroline Glicksman

-Has the BIA-ALCL crisis passed? - Suhan Ayhan

-How to identify BIA-ALCL high risk patients - Dolores Wolfram Raunicher

-Panel Discussion: The Burden of Prevention versus the treatment of ALCL - Alicia Okines, Dolores Wolfram Raunicher

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Free Paper Presentation

-Eric Santamaria

-Gemma Pons

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Coffee break
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Oncological Trends

Chairs: Ash Kothari, Nahid Nafissi

-Making breast cancer surgery unnecessary- updates and trends in chemotherapy - Alicia Okines

-Making breast cancer surgery unnecessary- updates and trends in radiation therapy -Phillip Poortmans

-Will secondary lymphoedema become a historic disease? De-escalation of the axilla - Isabel Rubio

-Contralateral risk-reducing mastectomies in non-mutation carriers: ethical and psychological considerations -Constanze Elfgen

-Surface guided radiotherapy in the reconstructed breast in the reduction of capsular contracture and fat necrosis - Phillip Poortmans

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Sponsored Symposium BD/Galatea - Implant based reconstruction with P4HB scaffold



-Alexandra Anker

-Vanessa Brebant

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Lymphoedema

Chairs: Koen Van Landuyt, Jaume Masia

-Immediate LVA following mastectomy: Technical considerations and outcome analysis for best practice - Gemma Pons

-Making the choice of flap for lymph node transfer - David Chang

-Prophylactic lymph node transfer for the prevention of lymphoedema - Dung Nguyen

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Lunch
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Astley Cooper Key Note Lecture

Chair -Jian Farhadi

Anatomy of the Breast by the Anatomist -Sultan Al-Zyoud

Anatomy of the Breast by the Breast Surgeon -Alberto Rancati

Anatomy of the Breast by the Plastic Surgeon - Charles Randquist

The Artist's Perspective of the Breast -TBC

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Sponsored Symposium by Polytech

-Barbara Cagli

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The LBM Honesty Bar- Disaster cases I would not want to own up to

Chairs: Jaume Masia, Dmitry Melnikov

Speakers: -Koen Van Landuyt, Alberto Rancati, Chris Andree, Eric Santamaria

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Break
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Parallel A: Microsurgery session (Seligman)

Maximising volume in breast reconstruction: 

Chairs: Koen Van Landuyt,  Eric Santamaria

-Stacked Flaps - Robert Allen Jr

-Implant Insertion - Venkat Ramakrishnan

-Fat transfer-simultaneous vs staged - Dung Nguyen

-Management of partial flap loss and significant fat necrosis - Stefania Tuinder

-Defensive flap Reconstruction and Radiotherapy - David Chang

Useful Tools in Flap Reconstruction:

Chairs: Venkat Ramakrishnan David Chang

-Smart Tools in Breast Reconstruction Surgery - Hyun Ho Han

-Pre-operative scanning- how do we get the maximum value from it? - Stefania Tuinder

-Is the venous coupler a luxury item or should it be a standard of care? -Chris Andree

-Eras and postop monitoring. What do we have what do we need - Robert Allen Jr

-Tips and Tricks for the Aesthetic DIEP flap Reconstruction -Jin Sup Eom

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Parallel B: Oncoplastic Session

Oncoplastic surgery:

Chairs: Isabel Rubio, Oscar Jacobo

-Relevant anatomy for oncoplastic surgery -Ash Kothari

-Is ultrasound scanning an integral part of oncoplastic training? -Constanze Elfgen

-Extreme oncoplasty versus mastectomy: When and how? -Nahid Nafissi

-Local perforator flaps: now or later? -Alberto Rancati

Mastectomy:

Chairs: Ash Kothari Michele Riccio

-Nipple sparing mastectomy: defensive planning - Constanze Elfgen

-How to avoid nipple cranialisation in nipple sparing mastectomy -Gemma Pons

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Pizza Party
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Refreshments and Exhibition Viewing
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Implant Technology

Chairs: Radu Ionescu, Phillip Blondeel

-Updates on Breast Implant Illness - Caroline Glicksman

-How does implant surface affect capsule formation - Suhan Ayhan

-Advances in tissue expanders - Paul Harris

-The use of lightweight implants aesthetic and reconstructive surgery -Barbara Cagli

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Sponsored Symposium TBC
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Special Topic: Bioengineering of the Breast - is this the future of breast reconstruction?

Chair: Jian Farhadi

Speaker: Phillip Blondeel

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Coffee Break
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Lipofilling

Chairs: Aris Sterodimas, Benjamin Sarfati

-Evidence based review of fat harvesting, transfer and enhanced take- Koen Van Landuyt

-Lipofilling for enhancement following radiotherapy- Suhan Ayhan

-Reverse expansion of the breast- Phillip Blondeel

-Hybrid breast augmentation - Patrick Malluci

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Lunch
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Evolution of Scar Management and Future developments

Chair: Marlene See

Speaker: Jorge Villapolos

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Robotic/endoscopic breast surgery

Chairs: Jaume Masia, Koen Van Landuyt

-Robotic vs endoscopic mastectomy- comparison of techniques and outcomes - Benjamin Sarfati

-Exploring the use of robotic and endoscopic technology in aesthetic breast surgery - Jin Sup Eom

-How far away are we from the automated microsurgical anastamosis? -Hyun Ho Han

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The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the Future of Medical Research and Conferences

Chairs: Jian Farhadi, Marlene See

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Summary and Close of Meeting